In light of World AIDS Day, China exposed some strange prejudices against its citizens with HIV.

World AIDS Day holds the purpose to create positive and empowering media messages for those with AIDS and HIV, but a news story in China had sympathy for a different group of people, according to The Washington Post

The article was about a local HIV clinic and commented on the bravery of the nurses instead of the infected patients.

Chinese Media watcher Danwei said the article treated HIV patients like a leprous group to "be avoided like the plague".

A large number of HIV cases in China are hidden because patients fear discrimination when seeking out testing, according to Global Times

Although China's government is working to fight this discrimination, Chinese citizens can still be fired from their jobs or evicted from their homes due to their HIV status.

China may have discrimination issues against AIDS and HIV, but it is not to the same severe degree as other countries.

Syria experienced some of it's worst violence in months during the growing conflict.

The Local coordinating committee, a collection of activist organizations across Syria, reported the daily death toll to be at least 159, according to the New York Times

Much of the fighting involved Popular Front units, who were backed by government artillery. The Popular Front stands for the Liberation of Palestine General Command and still supports the government.

Around 450,000 Palestinians and their descendants currently live in Syria, and many side with those leading the uprising. A number of displaced families have started camping in back gardens or schoolyards.

A car bomb exploded in a Damascus neighborhood behind the official palace of President Bashar al-Assad. The Free Syrian army is responsible for the attack and was targeted at military officers and members of armed militias that fight for the government.

Mostly Sunni Muslim are out to fight against Assad, according to the Los Angeles Times

Assad said his administration defends Syria's minority groups. The government is labeling armed rebels as terrorists.